Thanks Antonio! I will give it a try.

On Sunday, 3 June 2018 16:36:35 UTC+3, Antonio Ortega wrote:
>
> Hi Panos
>
> You can give it a try with 
> https://github.com/compomics/ThermoRawFileParser . It supports raw -> 
> mgf  conversion in Linux, and a raw -> mzML conversion is on the making. I 
> have successfully been able to extract mgf files from RAW files in Linux 
> with this tool.
> The instructions for how to set it up are given in the README.md file. If 
> you experience difficulties, have a look at the issues (open and closed), 
> or open a new one ;)
>
> Best
>
> Antonio
>
> lørdag den 2. juni 2018 kl. 21.40.08 UTC+2 skrev Panos Ioannidis:
>>
>> Yes, I did think of setting up a Windows VM for such conversions, and 
>> maybe it's unavoidable after all...
>>
>> Thanks a lot for your time!
>>
>> P
>>
>> On Saturday, 2 June 2018 19:06:48 UTC+3, Michael Hoopmann wrote:
>>>
>>> No, there isn't a native tool for Linux that reads vendor formats. 
>>> Unfortunately, vendor formats are proprietary and requires the vendor 
>>> drivers to access those files and convert them. All of those drivers are 
>>> Windows only, as the vendors have decided that is their platform of choice. 
>>> Thermo will eventually release a Linux compatible driver set for Mono, 
>>> maybe you can even get your hands on the development version - but it will 
>>> only read the file. Converting it to another format will require additional 
>>> coding or interfacing with ProteoWizard.
>>>
>>> One possible solution would be to create a Windows virtual machine for 
>>> converting vendor formats. It can be fired up inside Linux, then convert 
>>> the vendor files to mzML using msconvert from ProteoWizard, copy the mzML 
>>> files back to your Linux filesystem, and wind down the VM.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>

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